RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese
After reading these posts I looked out to see if I can see any, when I scanned my eyes towards Vet School there was a loose flock of about 40 to 50 flying over the Vet tower. I quickly watched them with binocs. They were sparkling in sunlight! Cool! A good way to start day! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ From: bounce-72495569-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72495569-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of ohiobir...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:32 AM Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Thousands from Taughannock also. Ethan Sent via BlackBerry by ATT From: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edumailto:bm...@cornell.edu Sender: bounce-72495559-42483...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-72495559-42483...@list.cornell.edu Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 08:31:00 -0500 To: Jay McGowanjw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu ReplyTo: Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edumailto:bm...@cornell.edu Cc: Cayugabirds-LCayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese Just now at Lab of Ornithology, I had a group of about 400 SNOW GEESE flying relatively high. - Brad Brad Walker Audio Archivist Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-254-2168 Our Mission: To interpret and conserve the Earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Follow us! [Photobucket]http://facebook.com/macaulaylibrary[iTunes Store]http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cornell-lab-ornithology-macaulay/id308033672 On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Thousands of Snow Geese heading south past Myers towards Ithaca now! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement
For the past two nights, huge flocks of snow geese have been gathering in fields on Tunison and Bassett at 96A in Ovid, and also on Hall Road at Munson. I don't recall seeing this many still around at this time of year. Michele Interlaken / Ovid www.thehaywardhouse.com From: Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.commailto:t...@zoom-dsl.com Reply-To: Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.commailto:t...@zoom-dsl.com Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:48:14 -0500 To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement Same thing happening between Cayuga Seneca Lakes: at 5:00 PM today, tens of thousands of Snow Geese coming out of the north and flying SSE over Rock River Wycoff Roads in Ovid, in steady streams with hardly a break between flocks. I could only stay about 10 minutes, so have no idea how long the river of flocks continued. They were flying pretty much parallel to Cayuga Lake, hard to say just where they were headed. Alicia Plotkin Ovid On 2/20/2012 8:25 PM, Eben McLane wrote: Owasco Lake 4:30 PM Monday: enormous flight of several thousand snow geese flying SW, low in the sky (heading where? to the fields before overnight stop on Cayuga Lake?); 8 PM : many, many more (by the sound of it) on central Owasco Lake. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement
Hi Alicia and all, On Sunday, I was along Rt 89 in the afternoon around 3.00 pm, when I saw several huge flocks of snow geese crossing each other, one head heading north east and the other heading south east at the junction of 89 and County road 139 Road. So I turned left at the junction thinking they might be somewhere nearby, but they seemed to go beyond woods. So I decided follow the ones heading northeast. I followed them for ten+ miles (based on my odometer) on 89 and they were headed to that group of snow geese, which seem to hang out in the middle of lake near Aurora and Dean's Cove area. here is a map of there locations. http://g.co/maps/3nxvt So I walked down to lake from Whitlock Preserve hoping to be somewhat nearer. I was a quarter mile closer but they were still far off. While I was there I saw many more landing, all coming from south and landing right in the middle of the flock facing north direction. It was wonderful to watch them. And even from that distance, I could hear their raucous. So now I know at least they are heading past Wycoff Road. Would be fun to find their feeding location. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-40593055-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-40593055-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Alicia Plotkin [t...@zoom-dsl.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:48 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement Same thing happening between Cayuga Seneca Lakes: at 5:00 PM today, tens of thousands of Snow Geese coming out of the north and flying SSE over Rock River Wycoff Roads in Ovid, in steady streams with hardly a break between flocks. I could only stay about 10 minutes, so have no idea how long the river of flocks continued. They were flying pretty much parallel to Cayuga Lake, hard to say just where they were headed. Alicia Plotkin Ovid On 2/20/2012 8:25 PM, Eben McLane wrote: Owasco Lake 4:30 PM Monday: enormous flight of several thousand snow geese flying SW, low in the sky (heading where? to the fields before overnight stop on Cayuga Lake?); 8 PM : many, many more (by the sound of it) on central Owasco Lake. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement
That makes perfect sense as to where they were going. Wow, so they go at least 15 miles one way from feeding place to resting place. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-40621038-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-40621038-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Michele Mannella [mk...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:20 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement For the past two nights, huge flocks of snow geese have been gathering in fields on Tunison and Bassett at 96A in Ovid, and also on Hall Road at Munson. I don't recall seeing this many still around at this time of year. Michele Interlaken / Ovid www.thehaywardhouse.com From: Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.commailto:t...@zoom-dsl.com Reply-To: Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.commailto:t...@zoom-dsl.com Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:48:14 -0500 To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement Same thing happening between Cayuga Seneca Lakes: at 5:00 PM today, tens of thousands of Snow Geese coming out of the north and flying SSE over Rock River Wycoff Roads in Ovid, in steady streams with hardly a break between flocks. I could only stay about 10 minutes, so have no idea how long the river of flocks continued. They were flying pretty much parallel to Cayuga Lake, hard to say just where they were headed. Alicia Plotkin Ovid On 2/20/2012 8:25 PM, Eben McLane wrote: Owasco Lake 4:30 PM Monday: enormous flight of several thousand snow geese flying SW, low in the sky (heading where? to the fields before overnight stop on Cayuga Lake?); 8 PM : many, many more (by the sound of it) on central Owasco Lake. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese movement
Same thing happening between Cayuga Seneca Lakes: at 5:00 PM today, tens of thousands of Snow Geese coming out of the north and flying SSE over Rock River Wycoff Roads in Ovid, in steady streams with hardly a break between flocks. I could only stay about 10 minutes, so have no idea how long the river of flocks continued. They were flying pretty much parallel to Cayuga Lake, hard to say just where they were headed. Alicia Plotkin Ovid On 2/20/2012 8:25 PM, Eben McLane wrote: Owasco Lake 4:30 PM Monday: enormous flight of several thousand snow geese flying SW, low in the sky (heading where? to the fields before overnight stop on Cayuga Lake?); 8 PM : many, many more (by the sound of it) on central Owasco Lake. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland
Hi Meena, I am not sure what made them circle so long. Coyotes below? -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland
Wow, an absolutely amazing wonder of nature! Thank you so much for enduring the cold and posting it for us!! Don Timmons Newfield ---Original Message--- From: Meena Haribal Date: 01/11/12 21:55:59 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland Hi all, I had an errand to run along the lake, so after the errand (which did not work out), I decided to head further north in the hopes of seeing Snow Geese When I arrived, sun had already set and I hardly saw any snow geese. Only a few were visible and a few were landing behind the vegetation. I was disappointed at that and was about head back when I heard the swishing noise looked back there was a huge snow geese cloud rising from the muck. They often settle back soon after one such burst and that is it. But this swarm kept circling. I watched for 5 minutes as I did not want to miss the show. Then I grabbed my camera and started shooting video. I was wearing only T-shirt and it was getting freezing. I thought I might miss this action so did not bother to waste time get my jacket. Then this went on and on even my hands started shaking due to cold. So stopped and grabbed my coat. For nearly half an hour they swirled and circled. They waxed and waned, they came in as rising and falling tide. When they were heading towards me when I looked up, there was dizzying effect on me as the waves and waves flew over me. It was amazing to watch them. With shaking hand and steadying hand I managed to get some fifteen minutes video. I wish I had mounted the camera on the tripod. I am not sure what made them circle so long. Were they thinking of heading south as cold is expected to night? Many birds, especially shore birds do this kind of flight when they are in hurry to migrate. Or were there any hunters on the ground that made them take to wing and probably every time a small group landed they got shot at so they took to flight again. I hope that was not the case. I hate to think myself as snow goose, especially if I the cute Ross's Goose (which I saw many at Bosque del Apache) and get continuously shot at by some nasty human when I am ready to rest and sleep. Here is a video about a minute at YouTube. As this is a large file, takes time to load, I suggest wait for it completely download (watch the grey line reach the end) and then watch instead of in snatches. Hope you too enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXc6u0T8u8 Cheers Meena I was glad I was there to watch this scene. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --faint_grain.jpg
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese at Dusk over muckland
Jaw dropping, emotionally stirring video, Meena! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I had an errand to run along the lake, so after the errand (which did not work out), I decided to head further north in the hopes of seeing Snow Geese. When I arrived, sun had already set and I hardly saw any snow geese. Only a few were visible and a few were landing behind the vegetation. I was disappointed at that and was about head back when I heard the swishing noise, looked back there was a huge snow geese cloud rising from the muck. They often settle back soon after one such burst and that is it. But this swarm kept circling. I watched for 5 minutes as I did not want to miss the show. Then I grabbed my camera and started shooting video. I was wearing only T-shirt and it was getting freezing. I thought I might miss this action so did not bother to waste time get my jacket. Then this went on and on even my hands started shaking due to cold. So stopped and grabbed my coat. For nearly half an hour they swirled and circled. They waxed and waned, they came in as rising and falling tide. When they were heading towards me when I looked up, there was dizzying effect on me as the waves and waves flew over me. It was amazing to watch them. With shaking hand and steadying hand I managed to get some fifteen minutesvideo. I wish I had mounted the camera on the tripod. I am not sure what made them circle so long. Were they thinking of heading south as cold is expected to night? Many birds, especially shore birds do this kind of flight when they are in hurry to migrate. Or were there any hunters on the ground that made them take to wing and probably every time a small group landed they got shot at so they took to flight again. I hope that was not the case. I hate to think myself as snow goose, especially if I the cute Ross's Goose (which I saw many at Bosque del Apache) and get continuously shot at by some nasty human when I am ready to rest and sleep. Here is a video about a minute at YouTube. As this is a large file, takes time to load, I suggest wait for it completely download (watch the grey line reach the end) and then watch instead of in snatches. Hope you too enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXc6u0T8u8 Cheers Meena I was glad I was there to watch this scene. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese and others
Our Chemung Valley Audubon group was at Knox-Marcellus when all the Snow Geese took off from the mucklands. When we arrived at the Potato building, there was only one Snow Goose to be seen, the one that four young hunters carried back to their rendezvous point at the Potato Building. It looked like they were probably done for the day. I asked them what the bag limit was, and they said 25 per person per day, so they were short of their combined limit by 99 birds. It's going to take a long time to reduce the population by hunting if every time one gets shot, the other quarter million fly away. We saw Jay, Tim, and Hope at Sheldrake. I did forget to tell Jay one other unusual bird we saw was a Red-shouldered Hawk perched in one of the bushy trees far across the marsh due west of the visitors' center at the Refuge. -- Bill Ostrander _ From: bounce-9181465-3518...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-9181465-3518...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Meena Haribal Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:28 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese and others Hi all, I went to north side of the lake, specially in search of Snow Geese. I was not disappointed. Along the Drake Road, I found some tom Turkeys under usual feeders. Center Road was quiet except for couple of Horned Larks. But as I was passing the road, I encountered my first flock of Snow Geese passing over me heading somewhere along 34 B. By the time I got the camera out, the birds were gone. But I considered that as a good omen for things to come ahead next. After a short detour on 90, I took my favorite Dixon road from Rafferty. Nothing special but many robins along the road, a flock of about 100 grackles with a few Red-winged mixed in and a Kestrel. At the end of the road I headed down to the lake, which comes out at Aurora Fire Station. Along the lake north, I stopped at Factory Pond. As Bill noted it was devoid of any ducks, but sleeping Screechie. At the same spot there was a very entertaining Starling doing all kinds of mimicry including Meadow Lark. So I spent some time with him trying my camera. Next, I stopped at Cayuga Village road just off of 90. Here I encountered huge flocks of Snow Geese flying overhead, which I found were heading to other side of the lake as the lake was mostly frozen around this area. There were many ducks but I did not spend time watching them as I was on an assignment, so shot some B rolls. I went to the water's edge at Cayuga park where I encountered Jay et al. Along Lake Road, I got a nice Common Goldeneye. Then headed to visitor Center for a short stop. Then I headed to Mucklands via East Road. From East Road, I could see huge flocks of Snow Geese in the muck. So I headed directly there. From both sides of the road there were thousands of Snow Geese and were just abut 300 mt from the road. I parked at the Potato building and hid behind the building and watched and took shots (not with guns but with a camera). I spent an hour or so when my battery died. When the whole group on the east side of the road rose, it made such a swishing noise, it was soothing and hypnotic and amazing. Some took off and other landed far side of the Muckland. As my battery had died, I wanted to recharge it, so decided to drive to Carncrass road. While my batter was charging on my car battery, I watched and took videos of Tundra Swans and their behaviors. I just watched the shots on my TV and so many amazing behaviors they seem to have. While I was there several thousands of Snow Geese went north of Carncrass road, to feed I think. But watching them overhead, made me feel dizzy as they made several kinds of patterns, V, U, M, N and Xs. I watched one X it had amazing movements, one group went west and other group east, but maintained that X for quite some time. I shot some part of it and watched it home, it was mind boggling as to how could they do that. As always when I watch these movements, I keep thinking who were the members of each groups, where they random or were they belonging to a specific clan? If they are clans, how do they keep in touch with each other? What is the cue to decide to take off? So many things I would like to learn, but I guess we may need a few more years if not decades to find answers to these questions with the modern technology. By the time I headed back, there were no Snow Geese in the Mucklands. Mucklands seems to be a location with very dynamic activities. Near Tschache channel, there were a few male Hooded Mergansers displaying to a couple of females. I stopped a little ahead and wanted to walk back without alarming them. But some how they sensed my intention, so they scooted. On the way back I took again back roads. Near Warrick and another town (forget name) Townline, I ran into another flock of Snow Geese feeding in the cornfield. I also ran across Greg and Susan at this point. From here I headed straight to lab to take care of something. As I was
Re:[cayugabirds-l] snow geese
I drove up the east side of Cayuga Lake early this morning, expecting to come upon hordes of snow geese at some point. There were none at the north end of the lake, and I made it to East Rd. before I had 2 SNOW GEESE fly over. Nothing in the Mucklands, but at Carncross Rd., I was just in time to see the hinder parts of a flock of about 150 SNOW GEESE heading north. I spent several hours in the North Montezuma WMA and finally a mess of snows came in from the NNW. I estimated about 2000-2500. Returning to the Potato Bldg., I found to the south, and partially hidden by Phragmites, about the same number of snows in a dense mass, mostly sleeping. With favorable winds, I guess the hordes couldn't wait. Almost nothing on the Lake, but thousands of PINTAILS and hundreds of AMER. WIGEON in the wet fields in the Mucklands. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese
I was at the Mucklands @ 715 this morning and saw tens of thousands of snows, on the muck there as well as flying over from what I presumed was the Lake or the Refuge. The ones on the muck lifted off at 724 and headed north. From: bounce-5424357-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Susan Fast Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 3:35 PM To: 'CayugaBirds' Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] snow geese I drove up the east side of Cayuga Lake early this morning, expecting to come upon hordes of snow geese at some point. There were none at the north end of the lake, and I made it to East Rd. before I had 2 SNOW GEESE fly over. Nothing in the Mucklands, but at Carncross Rd., I was just in time to see the hinder parts of a flock of about 150 SNOW GEESE heading north. I spent several hours in the North Montezuma WMA and finally a mess of snows came in from the NNW. I estimated about 2000-2500. Returning to the Potato Bldg., I found to the south, and partially hidden by Phragmites, about the same number of snows in a dense mass, mostly sleeping. With favorable winds, I guess the hordes couldn't wait. Almost nothing on the Lake, but thousands of PINTAILS and hundreds of AMER. WIGEON in the wet fields in the Mucklands. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
